1830 S. F. Gray & A. L. Porter II. 725 The dung cisterns should be emptied of their contents at least once a day.
1873 22 Feb. 5/2 (advt.) Adjoining Mill—Three urine and dung cisterns.
1992 10 38/1 Hamilton's madder house was 50 feet wide by 130 feet long with three dung cisterns.